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Political Economy of Energy Transition
Mondays, March 3 – May 5, 2025 9:00 -10:30 AM ET Hosted on Zoom Course Overview This 10-week online seminar will cover the characteristics and challenges of energy transition. It will examine the political economy of transition, focusing on major…Continue reading→
Human Beings and Society in the Information Hurricane
Wednesdays, March 5 – May 7, 2025 9:00 -10:30 AM ET Hosted on Zoom Course Overview This seminar offers a comprehensive examination of the multifaceted nature of information warfare, focusing on how political narratives, disinformation, and media influence shape both…Continue reading→
Navigating the Crisis of Transitional Justice in Post-Conflict Arab Regions: Challenges and Pathways to Reconciliation Volume 60- Issue 1
By Adel Dashela, Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia Global Center (CGC), AmmanDecember 26, 2024 This article discusses the transitional justice crisis in the Arab regions in the post-conflict phase and studies the implementation challenges and transitional justice mechanisms in areas suffering from…Continue reading→
Fascism in the Middle East: Nationalism, Islamism, and Imagining Other Futures
By Saladdin Bahozde Published January 14, 2025 by Routledge Following decades of brutal campaigns against left forces, fascism in its nationalist and religious forms has been dominating Turkish, Iranian, and Arab politics for over half a century. At first, with key enemies…Continue reading→
New publication: Academic Freedom in a Plural World Global Critical Perspectives
Academic Freedom in a Plural World Global Critical Perspectives Editors: Frédéric Mégret Nandini Ramanujam The notion of academic freedom dates back to the creation of universities and has long been understood to be central to their vocation. This freedom…Continue reading→
Democracy Now! Interview with Gubad Ibadoghlu’s Daughter, Zhala Bayramova
November 19, 2024 In Baku, Azerbaijan, Democracy Now! continues their coverage of COP29, the 2024 U.N. climate summit, and its host country’s record on human rights. Posted below, Amy Goodman interviews Zhala Bayramova, daughter of Consortium Scholar, Gubad Ibadoghlu, who remains…Continue reading→
Scholars in Context: Adel Dashela
Consortium Scholar, Adel Dashela, is featured in Jadaliyya’s “Scholars in Context Series“November 11, 2024 In this interview, Dr. Dashela describes his current research project which focuses on tribes and other societal groups—such as youth, women, and marginalized communities—in achieving transitional…Continue reading→
Consortium Scholars Retreat
July 10-12, 2024Hosted by Consortium member institution, Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island Consortium scholars, liaisons, and staff gathered at Brown University from July 9 to 12, 2024 for our first Consortium Summer Retreat since the COVID-19 Pandemic. Coming from all…Continue reading→
Death of Home: Aura and Space in the Age of Digitalization by Saladdin Ahmed Bahozde
Volume 26 in the series De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences Digital technology has revolutionized connectivity, but it has also overcome spatial obstacles that used to shield people from subjugating gazes and unlimited exercise of power. The home as an auratic…Continue reading→
Live Performance: If Museum’s Walls Could Talk
Performance by Margarita Kuleva Monday, November 25, 20246:00 – 8:00pm ET REGISTER HERE The New School Starr Lecture Hall63 Fifth AvenueRoom UL 102 Free and Open to the Public This lecture-performance is dedicated to revealing the “behind the scenes” political struggle…Continue reading→